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Henry Lunt: biography and history of the development of Southern Utah and settling of Colonia Pacheco, Mexico

something on the side of the mountain that moved. On closer observation, we could see that it was an army of soldiers winding down the mountain trail. 1 ran to the meeting house to give warning. The Bishop, Brother Earnest Steiner, told al1 the women and children to go home and stay inside their houses out of sight. As 1 mshed back with rny little boy, Alvin (age 3) and Ellen's three little girls--hita, Fern and Inez, the Rebels were just entenng town. They marched past Ellen's house. The two little children that had stayed home were outside and we were fearful they would attract attention, but they were not molested, to our great relief We counted 92 soldiers that passed the house. As the band of Rebels got down to where the flag was, they were surly and ugly. The captain, Blast by narne, demanded to know why the flag was up. Tom Lunt explained we had raised the Mexican flag and that we were loyal and neutral to the government. The captain said that the flag was al1 right if we put their (the Rebel) flag up beside it. There was great suspense in the air as there were two separate armies surrounding the little town, and each arrny saw the flag and thought the opposite army had come in and was in possession of the town. We nearly had a massacre just because of a little innocent celebration. Blast, the captain, was a Mexican boy that had lived and worked at Aunt Sarah Lunt's place and understood that the Mormons meant no hann6 On that same day, July 24,1912, Edward Lunt, age 27, who had been rnanied about a year, was in Colonia Pacheco at the Mercantile Store, which was owned by George A. Johnson, when a force of soldiers under General Salazar, about 150 in number, rode up to the store fuiiy armed, dismounted and looted the store. Edward returned to his home in Cave Valley six miles from Pacheco the same day

something on the side of the mountain that moved. On closer observation, we could see that it was an army of soldiers winding down the mountain trail. 1 ran to the meeting house to give warning. The Bishop, Brother Earnest Steiner, told al1 the women and children to go home and stay inside their houses out of sight. As 1 mshed back with rny little boy, Alvin (age 3) and Ellen's three little girls--hita, Fern and Inez, the Rebels were just entenng town. They marched past Ellen's house. The two little children that had stayed home were outside and we were fearful they would attract attention, but they were not molested, to our great relief We counted 92 soldiers that passed the house. As the band of Rebels got down to where the flag was, they were surly and ugly. The captain, Blast by narne, demanded to know why the flag was up. Tom Lunt explained we had raised the Mexican flag and that we were loyal and neutral to the government. The captain said that the flag was al1 right if we put their (the Rebel) flag up beside it. There was great suspense in the air as there were two separate armies surrounding the little town, and each arrny saw the flag and thought the opposite army had come in and was in possession of the town. We nearly had a massacre just because of a little innocent celebration. Blast, the captain, was a Mexican boy that had lived and worked at Aunt Sarah Lunt's place and understood that the Mormons meant no hann6 On that same day, July 24,1912, Edward Lunt, age 27, who had been rnanied about a year, was in Colonia Pacheco at the Mercantile Store, which was owned by George A. Johnson, when a force of soldiers under General Salazar, about 150 in number, rode up to the store fuiiy armed, dismounted and looted the store. Edward returned to his home in Cave Valley six miles from Pacheco the same day